Deforestation

1. FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION
ENGLISH (SKILL CENTRE)

2. BY
TOPIC :
DEFOREST
ATION
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3. INDEX
 DEFINATION
 CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION
 EFFECTS OF DEFORESTATION
 CONTROL OF DEFORESTATION
 CONCLUSION

4. WHAT IS DEFORESTATION?
 Deforestation, clearance or cleaning is the
removal of a forest.
 Examples of deforestation include conversion of
farm, ranches, or urban use.

5. WHAT IS DEFORESTATION?
 According to UN conference in 1992,
deforestation is defined as
“Land degradation in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid
areas resulting from various factors including
climatic variation and human activities.”

6. Causes of Deforestation
1) Shifting cultivation:
 Most of the clearing of forest is done for
agriculture purposes.

7. Causes
2) Commercial Logging:
 It involves cutting trees for sale as timber or pulp

8. Causes
3) Mining and Dams:
 Mining, Industrial development and Hydroelectric
power plant projects are also causes of
deforestation.

9. Causes
Deforestation also occurs due to
 Overgrazing and conversion of forests to pasture
for domestic animals.
 Expansion of agribusiness
 Governmental sponsored programs that resettles
landless farmers on forested sites.
 Other reasons include fire, pest etc.

10. Effects of Deforestation
• Soil Erosion.
• Expansion of Deserts.
• Decrease in Rainfall.
• Loss of Fertile Land.
• Effect on Climate.
• Economic Losses.
• Loss of Bio-diversity.
• Loss of Medical Plants

11. Control of Deforestation
 Reforestation.
 Legislation.
 Commercial Forest Plantations.
 Incentive to corporate.
 Water Management.

12. Conclusion
If we don’t put an end to
deforestation, all of Earth’s
forests will disappear within the
next 100 years.
“Plant a tree and
breathe
oxygen for free.”